Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Thanks to calls from the public, detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have located the missing person from Palmdale.

79-year-old Bernice Waynelee Smith was located in Pasadena and is in fair condition.

L.A. City Fire received multiple phone calls in regards to a disoriented female, who ended up being Smith. She was transported to a local hospital for precautionary purposes.

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Smith, was last seen on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at approximately 12:00 p.m., leaving her residence on Malaga Court in the city of Palmdale.

She left the residence in a silver, 4-door, 2003, Mercedes-Benz, 500 series, California license plate DP984GS (similar vehicle depicted in the photograph) and has not been heard from since.

Smith is described as a female Black adult, 79-years-old, 5’07, 190 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes.

She was last seen wearing a black hat, a white pearl necklace, and a white and black polka-dots dress.

Smith suffers from dementia.

Her family is very concerned, and is also asking for the public’s help with locating Smith.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Bernice Smith is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Person’s Detail at (323) 890-5500.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website.